baby orphan field mouse what do i do

[pixi]

hello
3 nights ago my cat brought me a present a tiny field mouse, still alive but so young that its eyes were not yet open,
i have got a shoe box and placed tissue, cotton wool and newspaper with a toilet roll in there,
the first night he was so cold and shaking that i just wrapped him in a tissue and put him in my top, i fed him with a syringe of warm semi skimmed milk every hour or so,
i have been doing this ever since, i also put some muesli in his box with tiny nuts and raisins, i do not know if he has eaten them i have noticed today that his eyes are now open,
he is approx 2.5 cm long ,
also today his poo is starting to change from dark to lighter is this a bad sign?

i have also been told that as i have now been hand rearing him he will not survive in the wild, my children obviously want to keep him as he is so cute,
i would not have a problem with this and want to do what is best for him(we have now called him pixi)
please what do i do?
he sleeps in my hand and has on a couple of occasions squeaked until i picked him up where he just curled up and went to sleep in my hand.
the children and i have also noticed he makes a clicking noise is this normal?
please can someone tell me. is it ok to keep him? would he survive in the wild?, if we do keep him how do we look after him?
thankyou

[Pippa]

Hi Pixi,

I would say yes, please keep him as life is tough out there and as you have taken him so young he wont know any different.Setting him free at some point isn't really an option in my mind.He has already become very tame and you can buy a mouse cage to house him and get food for him too from any pet shop.You can also check up on his needs on line.I can only speak in looking after pet mice but nuts are not good,although they do love them.

They don't live too long but this little one wont have to worry too much about
that as it will be well looked after and lots of love and attention too.How good is that.

I know others will say different so i leave the choice to you.I say that little mouse was real lucky.